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RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT 1987 - SECT 27C

RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT 1987 - SECT 27C

27C .         Property condition report at start and end of tenancy

        (1)         A lessor must, within 7 days after a tenant has entered into occupation of residential premises under a residential tenancy agreement —

            (a)         prepare a report describing the condition of the premises; and

            (b)         provide 2 copies of the report to the tenant.

        Penalty for this subsection: a fine of $5 000.

        (2)         A tenant given copies of a report under subsection (1)(b) who disagrees with any information in the report must, within 7 days of receiving the copies —

            (a)         mark a copy in a manner that shows the information with which the tenant disagrees; and

            (b)         give the copy back to the lessor.

        (3)         If the tenant does not give a copy of the report back to the lessor under subsection (2), the tenant is to be taken to accept the report as a true and accurate description of the condition of the residential premises.

        (4)         A lessor must, as soon as practicable, and in any event within 14 days, after the termination of a tenancy or tenant’s interest in a residential tenancy agreement —

            (a)         conduct an inspection of the residential premises; and

            (b)         prepare a final report describing the condition of the premises; and

            (c)         provide a copy of the report to the tenant.

        Penalty for this subsection: a fine of $5 000.

        (4A)         A lessor is taken to comply with subsection (4) if, before the termination of a tenant’s interest, the lessor —

            (a)         enters residential premises under section 46(6B); and

            (b)         in relation to that entry —

                  (i)         conducts an inspection of the premises; and

                  (ii)         prepares a report describing the condition of the premises; and

                  (iii)         provides a copy of the report to the tenant.

        (5)         The tenant is to be given a reasonable opportunity to be present at the inspection conducted under subsection (4)(a) or (4A)(a).

        (6)         The regulations may prescribe information that must be included in a property condition report.

        [Section 27C inserted: No. 60 of 2011 s. 22; amended: No. 3 of 2019 s. 6 and 25.]